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troth_n it_o be_v now_o the_o cross_n be_v make_v honourable_a by_o his_o death_n but_o then_o as_o i_o say_v 31._o it_o be_v more_o shameful_a than_o any_o gibbet_n or_o gallow_n or_o any_o other_o instrument_n of_o death_n and_o moreover_o and_o beside_o that_o he_o be_v hang_v on_o the_o same_o with_o the_o most_o despite_n and_o villainy_n thâ—â—_n can_v be_v think_v or_o devise_v for_o any_o creature_n to_o be_v put_v unto_o oh_o thou_o christian_n soul_n christ_n jesus_n the_o son_n of_o god_n take_v upon_o he_o all_o this_o shame_n for_o thy_o love_n to_o the_o intent_n that_o if_o thou_o will_v amend_v thy_o life_n and_o forsake_v thy_o sin_n and_o do_v true_a penance_n thou_o shall_v by_o his_o shame_n be_v deliver_v from_o all_o shame_n his_o shame_n shall_v hide_v thy_o sin_n he_o be_v there_o naked_a and_o spoil_v of_o all_o his_o clothes_n to_o the_o intent_n that_o thou_o shall_v be_v cover_v under_o his_o mantle_n fro_o thy_o shame_n and_o therefore_o by_o the_o prophet_n ezechiell_n he_o say_v expandi_fw-la amittum_fw-la meum_fw-la super_fw-la 〈◊〉_d et_fw-la operui_fw-la ignominiam_fw-la tuam_fw-la i_o do_v spread_v my_o mantle_n upon_o thou_o and_o so_o cover_v thou_o from_o shame_n let_v every_o person_n here_o think_v with_o themselves_o what_o deed_n they_o have_v do_v worthy_a of_o great_a shame_n which_o if_o they_o have_v come_v to_o light_n and_o be_v open_o know_v they_o shall_v have_v be_v blot_v with_o open_a infamy_n here_o in_o this_o life_n and_o with_o out_o the_o special_a mercy_n of_o god_n in_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n they_o shall_v thereof_o have_v a_o open_a shame_n before_o all_o the_o world_n and_o fyfally_o in_o hell_n a_o everlasting_a shame_n but_o from_o all_o those_o shame_n by_o the_o gracious_a mantle_n of_o christ_n many_o be_v cover_v he_o have_v merciful_o spread_v his_o mantle_n over_o they_o and_o keep_v they_o from_o those_o importable_a shame_n of_o this_o cover_n also_o the_o prophet_n david_n say_v beati_fw-la quorum_fw-la tecta_fw-la sunt_fw-la peccata_fw-la bless_a be_v those_o who_o sin_n be_v cover_v oh_o thou_o sinful_a creature_n if_o thou_o may_v see_v what_o shame_n thou_o have_v deserve_v for_o thy_o sin_n thou_o shall_v reckon_v this_o a_o singular_a comfort_n but_o thou_o see_v not_o the_o abomination_n of_o thy_o sin_n and_o therefore_o thou_o perceive_v not_o what_o shame_n thou_o have_v deserve_v why_o do_v a_o common_a brothel_n take_v no_o shame_n of_o her_o abomination_n what_o be_v the_o cause_n why_o that_o she_o regard_v her_o infamy_n no_o more_o true_o as_o far_o as_o i_o can_v judge_v the_o cause_n be_v for_o that_o all_o the_o light_n of_o honesty_n be_v quench_v in_o she_o she_o be_v so_o blind_a with_o her_o wretched_a pleasure_n that_o she_o be_v paste_v all_o shame_n and_o have_v not_o leave_v in_o her_o one_o spark_n of_o the_o light_n of_o honesty_n where_o by_o she_o may_v value_v &_o esteem_v the_o horribleness_n of_o her_o offence_n she_o repute_v more_o a_o little_a spote_z in_o her_o kyrchefe_n or_o in_o her_o face_n them_z a_o thousand_o blot_n of_o deadly_a sin_n in_o her_o soul_n but_o if_o she_o have_v any_o honesty_n within_o her_o heart_n to_o think_v how_o foul_a &_o abominable_a her_o life_n be_v sure_o she_o will_v be_v much_o ashamed_a of_o herself_o thamar_n the_o daughter_n of_o king_n david_n when_o her_o brother_n amon_n will_v have_v oppress_v she_o 13._o she_o say_v noli_fw-la facere_fw-la hanc_fw-la stulticiam_fw-la ego_fw-la enim_fw-la far_o non_fw-la potero_fw-la opprobrium_fw-la meum_fw-la oh_o my_o brother_n say_v she_o do_v not_o this_o folly_n for_o this_o reproach_n that_o you_o enforce_v to_o do_v unto_o i_o be_v great_a than_o i_o may_v suffer_v this_o woman_n have_v some_o light_n of_o honesty_n within_o her_o breast_n whereby_o she_o be_v move_v to_o resist_v and_o to_o withstand_v this_o shameful_a deed_n batwéene_v she_o and_o her_o brother_n a_o roman_a woman_n also_o who_o name_n be_v lucretia_n who_o by_o force_n &_o against_o her_o will_n in_o the_o absence_n of_o her_o husband_n one_o man_n call_v sextus_n tarqvinius_n have_v abuse_v she_o albeit_o the_o thing_n be_v 〈◊〉_d yet_o she_o be_v there_o of_o so_o much_o ashamed_a in_o her_o own_o mind_n that_o she_o may_v not_o bear_v the_o shame_n but_o when_o her_o husband_n come_v home_o she_o take_v a_o knife_n and_o in_o his_o presence_n slay_v herself_o this_o noble_a woman_n have_v the_o light_n of_o honesty_n in_o her_o soul_n she_o see_v how_o abominable_a a_o thing_n it_o be_v to_o commit_v adultery_n but_o a_o brothel_n have_v in_o she_o no_o spark_n of_o honesty_n whereby_o she_o can_v take_v any_o shame_n nor_o she_o do_v not_o consider_v the_o foul_a abomination_n of_o her_o wretched_a life_n and_o therefore_o she_o be_v